Updated: Weather shortens Florida State’s rout of Savannah State

Posted by Ben Kercheval on September 8, 2012, 8:46 PM EDT

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Apparently, there is a God. And He wears Savannah State orange and blue.

After getting torched 84-0 by Oklahoma State in Week 1 and becoming 70-point underdogs to No. 6 Florida State, it appears the Tigers will be getting their first break of the season. Because of inclement weather, the game between FSU and SSU had only a 10-minute halftime and a running clock for the entire second half, per FSU’s athletic department.

Is this the remnant of Hurricane Isaac that returned back to the Gulf after almost drowning us all in south Louisiana, south Mississippi and parts of southern Alabama and then moved eastward into Florida? I heard that would happen, so maybe
Savannah State will receive some good thing from this storm, the rest of us sure haven’t.

Savannah State will still be paid the whole money, which is apparently what they want or need anyway.

not only was it a last minute game, but FSU invited almost SEVENTY other teams to play a home and away series (including OU and Boise St) and they all turned it down. So FSU did its due diligence here….blame WVU.

rollteal: Right. ‘Cause a patsy like SS was the only possible alternative opponent. I’m sure it was just bad luck that only one of the worst FCS schools in history (losing record at every level, including Div. II and III) could possible have altered their schedule for a $475,000 payday. Right.

manchestermiracle says:Sep 9, 2012 10:02 AM

jimmy53: WVU backed out of the game on Feb. 3. FSU talked to 31 FBS schools, 70 overall. Maybe they should have kept calling more schools. The odds were against them since virtually every school schedules years in advance. Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so harsh on them, it was a situation not of their own doing.

Eight months would seem like enough time to find a decent opponent, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and blame WVU. In any event it certainly wasn’t a “last minute game” as rollteal has claimed.